790 BULLETIN 10 0, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



1% to 2 in interorbital ; maxillary reaches % or to eye, length 3 to 

 3% in head ; front barbel 3 to 31/5, liind barbel 2l^ to 2% ; interorbital 

 2% to 21/4, broadly convex; suborbitals cover l^ to % of cheek. Gill 

 rakers 3 + 6 or 7, lanceolate, short, i^ of gill filaments, which nearly 

 equal eye. Pharyngeal teeth 2, 3, 5-5, 3, 1, little hooked, with mod- 

 erate grinding surfaces. 



Scales 22 to 24 in lateral line to caudal base and 3 more on latter ; 

 5 above, 3 below, 10 predorsal, 12 or 13 around caudal peduncle. 

 Scales with 4 to 12 basal radiating striae and 12 to 24 apically ; circuli 

 fine, concentric, imperfect apically. 



D. IV, 8, 1, fourth spine ossified, hind edges serrate, first branched 

 ray 1% to 1% in head; A. iii, 5, i, first branched ray 1% to 1%; least 

 depth of caudal peduncle 1% to ly^ ; pectoral II/5 to 1% ; ventral li^ 

 to 11/^ ; caudal 2% to 3 in rest of body, lobes pointed, fin deeply forked. 



Back olive-brown, sides and under surface whitish. Each scale 

 on back with dark margins. Iris whitish. Along middle of side 4 

 black blotches, first rather indistinct and on third or fourth scales 

 from shoulder, second below dorsal origin, third below last dorsal 

 ray and fourth at middle of caudal base. Small blackish spot close 

 below spinous dorsal origin. Very faint small gray spot close above 

 anal base. Dorsal and caudal, also pectoral, brownish. Ventrals 

 and anal whitish, hind anal margin dusky. 



Philippines. 



333 examples. Malbato River, Port Uson, Busuanga Island. December 17, 

 1908. Length, 27-163 mm. All have four black blotches or spots axially on 

 sides, though variable. Quite frequently one or more may be double, often 

 only on one side of the body, occasionally the third blotch is absent and 

 sometimes there is an additional blotch at the anal base. Further small 

 examples often have additional black spots due to parasites. These are 

 nearly always more sharply defined and frequently have a raised or swollen 

 appearance. 



PUNTIUS BINOTATUS (Valenciennes) 



Figures 20-23 



Barhiis bhwtatus (Kuhl and Van Hasselt) Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 

 vol. 16, p. 168, 1842 (type locality: Java). — GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., 

 vol. 7, p. 123, 1868 (Amboyna). — Vauxant, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., 

 Paris, ser. 3, vol. 5, p. 79, 1893 (Kapoas, Borneo). — Herre, Fishes Herre 

 Philippine Exped. 1931, p. 21, 1934 (Cotabato; Fort Pikit; Upi ; Baldat; 

 Tawi Tawi). — Roxab and Martin, Dept. Agr. Comm. Manila Tech, Bull. 6, 

 p. 41, 1937 (reference).— FowrjEE, List Fish. Malaya, p. 59 (252), 1938. 



Barhodes hinotatus Fowler, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 2, vol. 12, 

 p. 500, 1904 (Padang). — Heere, Proc. Pan Pacific Sci. Congr., Australia, 

 vol. 2, 1923, p. 1569, 1024 (all Mindanao except Lauao plateau) ; Philippine 

 Journ. Sci., vol. 24, p. 290, 1924 (Lake Buluan ; Ugalingan Piang's landing; 

 Kidpauan; Kamausa ; Cagayan de Misamis; Lindabo, Mailag; Santa F6; 

 Kolambugan; Talacogan; Puerto Princesa ; Taytay ; Basilan ; Tawi Tawi). 



